The holiday spirit is in the air, as shown by the many, many, seasonal events which dot the New Haven calendar like snowflakes this week. Museums hold lectures, theaters stage world premieres, trumpeters blow classical and jazz riffs, arts groups …

At this point in the cultural calendar, there are enough people back in town for the art galleries to be in full swing and for classes and workshops to start up. Though it’ll be a few more weeks before the …

Welcome back students, and summer vacationers! Here’s a pop quiz about some of what happened between the time that school let out in June and this week, when it begins again for New Haven Public Schools and several area universities.…

The 2012 International Festival of Arts & Ideas has been with us for a nearly a week now. You probably know this because if you’ve been downtown, chances are good that you’ve watched, spoken to, danced along with or otherwise …

It’s a wild west week in New Haven, starting with Willie Nelson & Family at the Shubert on Monday, continuing with Kinky Friedman (pictured above, who once wrote a mystery novel about Willie Nelson) hawking his new tequila at Café …

Turn your gaze to outer space with Yale astronomy professor Michael Faison, head over to The Outer Space to catch Chrissy Gardner (pictured above) and friends, and escape winter’s last gasp with a trip to South Pacific. Read …